UNIT 1 Flashcards
___ maps communicate information about a place-spatial aspects- what is it like there? Ex: Choropleth, dot map
Thematic map
___ maps provide general information/navigation/location. Ex: road- highways, streets, etc.
Reference
An area organized around a central hub or focal point. Ex: JJ
functional region
These types of regions are typically used to determine and outline government, cultural and economic areas - ex. The Rocky Mountains
Formal regions
In order to make your way down to the cafeteria in the 9th grade campus you first must head down past the school library. What kind of geographic theme is this
Relative location
This type of region is based on people’s beliefs, feelings, and attitudes of a region
perceptual(vernacular)
Surveying damage from Hurricane Ida using a drone
remote sensing
the level at which data is displayed on a map (global, regional, national, or local)
scale of analysis
Is a computer based system that stores information linked to geographic locations
GIS
A geographical theory that suggests the environment offers various possibilities for human activities
▪Example: Hoover Dam
possibilism
Factors that contribute to the uniqueness of a location.
Ex: home, school
Sense of place
research defines, tells you a QUANTITY, numbers, hard data, statistics
quantitative
___ research describes, characteristics, approximates, descriptions, based off opinion.
Qualitative
If the objects in an area are close together
clustering
_______________________________ is the solution to distance decay because technology (internet, cell phones) is allowing us to communicate more across longer distances. (technology seems to be bringing people closer together even thought their distances are the same)
time-space compression
The change in size, shape, direction, or distance of something once a globe converted to a map
distortion
the process which the 3-D surface of Earth is transferred onto a 2D map
projection
List the 4 varying scales of maps
-Local
-national
-regional
-global
